Cabell rhymes with Scrabble.. How didn't I know this?

Nicci, I think most people pronounce my name with more of a southern-ish sound. They say Tam, rhyming with Pam or Ham or Can (the tin kind). My parents say the Tam, in a way that rhymes with the 'a' in Cabell's name or the word Scrabble. I want to say that it's a shorter a, but I can't really find an etymological example of it.

Oh Nicci! I've been pronouncing you as 'knee-sea' too sorry!

You ladies are killing me and my Southern, uber-phonetic self!!!

Try being a white girl with a Japanese name...oy

FYI- My real name is pronounced Kay-tee In case anyone was wondering.. lol

Nicci- I say your name right! Yay!

Tammie- I'm kind of getting it. Its almost like Teh-mee, except more of an A sound than an E sound? Maybe that was a bad example.. But I think I get it. Its kind of like the name Kara- people from the south (maybe other people, I don't know) say it like care-uh, but a lot of people I know who are from a more northern region say Ka-ruh.

Analy- So how exactly is your name pronounced? I mean.. We've been saying Cabell wrong this whole time, we might be saying yours wrong too!

Hahahaha... I've been pronouncing EVERYONE's name wrong. Except for a few obvious ones lol.

My name is Danya. I get called "day-neeah", "don-eeah", "dan-ah-eeah", "deh-niah", etc. as a speech pathologist, used to phonetically transcribe everything, I made a sign for my desk, with my name in IPA spelling

It is actually pronounced "dawn-yah". Go figure.

Also, my name is a common Russian boy's name. My mom found it in a magazine... and now I get random Facebook friend invites from Russian creepos.

Thanks, mom.

HA! Most people do!

It's pronounced "Anna-lee", but smoosh it all together, like "Annalee".

Most people want to say an-NAL-ly, or AH-na-lee. Anymore, nothing offends me! Half the time, I just go by Annie.

KK, you get it! Yes, like Teh-mee but a little more a... but not to the point of ahhh.

Analy, I was prounouncing your name right. Yes!

My brain cannot take all of this confusion this morning. Could you all just give me a call and tell me how to pronounce your names? It would make my life easier. I need to get off of here now though before I find any more diy projects I want to add to Britt's wedding.

Okay.. I've been saying it right! I know someone named Marilee.. Pronounced like Mary-lee, but people say it like "merrily" so I'm pretty sure she feels your pain.

Oh and Danya, I'm slow, and have been pronouncing it Dana. For some reason when I looked at it I saw Day-na.

Unique- Just say Scrabble.. And then put a C instead of SC, and that's how you pronounce it!

So Brian.. How is it pronounced? I would've said "Dee-uh"

Analy- well at least people dont pronouce it as Anal-y! (just kidding)

@Sarah- Oh, but they do....

Ok I'm confused too because Cabell is my last name and the way I pronounce mine rhythms with Lavell!

Tracy, sorry! I actually get confused trying to explain it myself. All I know is... the way most people say my name is not the way my parents would. More and more, I'm just convinced that my parents picked a weird way to say my name and I just go by Tam (rhymes with ham and can and Pam). Except at work, where I'm Tamara (and open up a whole new can of worms).

TPD- I don't even know how to pronounce Lavell!

Do you pronounce it like Cuh-BELL?

KK- Yes, i forgot. I also get called Dayna all the time. people even tell me "honey, you mispelled your name, it's Day-na" People have some nerve to tell me that... lol

Yeah, my name is JUST Katie, not Katelyn or Katherine. And people constantly correct me (like at the DMV, or somewhere where my full name is needed) and say "We need your FULL name, no nicknames." Umm, Katie IS my name.

I always say "Ka-Bell" in my head too!

Like Scrabble. Like Scrabble. Like Scrabble.

I'll get it eventually!

@ KK Yes that's how I pronounce it, but my whole life people messed it up!